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St Patrick’s Day Swirled Cupcake Pops

February 26, 2012 By 5 Comments

Last week I did a review on the new Equal Sucralose – an alternative to sugar that measures like sugar and is comparable to Splenda. (but with much better packaging)   I wanted to really give it a thorough “sweetness” test so I decided to replace the sugar in some vanilla cupcakes as well.  Since I had the Babycakes Cake Pop Maker already heated up I decided to use it to make St Patrick’s Day Swirled Cupcake Pops!  They were great!

St Patrick’s Day Vanilla Swirl Cupcake Pops

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/3 c butter softened
  • 3/4 c sugar (or Equal Sucralose)
  • 1/4 c sour cream
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/3 c milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • green food coloring

Mix all ingredients together except for the food coloring.  After batter is mixed well with no lumps, add food coloring and gently mix in letting the color “swirl” – do not over mix.

Spoon swirled mix into your Babycakes Cake Pop Maker and let cook three and a half to four minutes or until cooked all the way through. The batter will be “swirled” both inside and out making for a pretty little pop!

The great part about these is that they taste fantastic without any icing or anything!   They are sweet like cupcakes and are the perfect “poppable” size for snacking!   These did not last long before they were gobbled up.  The flavor was great – I was impressed.  I have never made cupcakes “from scratch” but we really enjoyed these!

I will be making more of these for the girls to take to school, and also going to make the Pancake Pops on St Patrick’s Day morning – just adding some green food coloring to the mix.

Do you make a “green” breakfast on St Patrick’s Day?


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Rice Krispie Treat Ornaments

December 13, 2011 By 8 Comments

While perusing Pinterest a few weeks ago I saw a pin I just knew I had to do – Rice Krispie Treat Ornaments.   We LOVE Rice Krispie treats here and have made them for just about every holiday without fail – even making up a few holidays along the way.   But instead of just decorating them with icing this time, I wanted to do something unique…. these were perfect.

Rice Krispie Treat Ornaments

Ingredients:

Melt butter in a large pan and add marshmallows.  Stir constantly over medium heat until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is smooth.  Add food coloring to desired color.  Mix in Rice Krispies and mix until well coated.  Let cool for a few minutes so you do not burn your hands.  Coat your hands in butter (seriously, otherwise this is a sticky mess) and mold handfuls of Rice Krispies treat mixture into a ball.  Place in a muffin tin to let marshmallow set.  Treats should be firm enough to hold their shape.  Once Rice Krispies treats are completely cooled, us a toothpick to attach Rollo candy to treat to look like the top of a Christmas ornament.  Makes approximately 12 ornaments.

These were SO much fun to make, and taste even better!  We are putting them in pretty little bags for the girls to give to their friends at school.  We also made up some for the neighbors, postman, housekeeper, and other friends.  These are so quick and easy, I will be making some for our upcoming Christmas Parties as well!  It was great to have a fun, tasty, festive snack in less than 20 minutes, and for less than $10.  That is hard to beat!

Hmmm… wonder what I will find on Pinterest to make tomorrow….